Introduction
This page covers diversity-related topics in civil procedure.
Topics include:
- Subject matter jurisdiction: citizens, out-of-staters, foreigners
- Due process: notice and the opportunity to be heard
- Class actions and impact litigation
- Pleading and access to the courts
- Summary judgments
- Jury trials – immigrants, language requirements, felons, peremptory challenges
- Fairness for racial minorities in civil litigation
- Gender and class
Photo: Mike Mansfield Federal Courthouse, Butte, Montana. Source: District of Montana.